At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...
The broader value of KNM-ER 64061 is that it adds weight to Turkana as the home of human origins when there is focus on building a science museum in there. A presidential task force established in ...
The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s a breakdown of what we ...
JAKARTA – A skullcap, molar and femur believed to be remains of Homo erectus, or “Java Man,” unearthed by Dutch geologist ...
The return of the Dubois Collection from the Netherlands places Indonesia at the heart of human evolution studies, opening ...
A Pennsylvania man is facing hundreds of charges after "over 100 full or partial sets of human and skeletal remains" were allegedly found in his home and a storage unit in a scene a district attorney ...
A Pennsylvania man has been arrested after authorities say he robbed multiple graves at a historic cemetery, and they found over 100 sets of human remains at his home. The Yeadon Borough Police ...
Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in Africa’s fossil record of human origins. By Franz Lidz Researchers on Wednesday ...
This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from new developments in ape cognition to an expanded perspective of a ...
Human evolution is explained through branching lineages rather than a simple linear progression. Fossils, genetics, and archaeology together reveal how multiple human species emerged, interacted, and ...
CUMRU TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- Authorities in Berks County are investigating whether human remains found Sunday belong to a man who disappeared nearly a year ago. The remains were discovered Sunday night ...
Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the ...